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The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Garden Parties.

Summer days arc upon us, and with the
warm weather comes the desire to be out of
doors as much as possible, and sociable after
noon teas and garden parties provide amuse-
ment and entertainment. For a light COLA
ton for garden party. The Art Interchange
recommends as oil that is necessary, tea,
coffee, chocolate with whipped cream, and
lemonade for the ladies, and vichy and other
mineral waters for the gentlemen, with cakes
Of various kinds, white and brown bread cut
very thin, sandwiches, waters and ices These
may all be placed on tables OH the lawn,
where guests may help themselves and each
other. The hostess should pour out the tea
herself and get some Of her friends TO help
her in dispensing the chocolate, coffee, etc.
The servants must be constantly employed in
removing cups, saucers and plates that have
been used and in bringing clean ones in their
places Plenty Of napkins should be provided
to spread over the ladies' dresses, and these
should be placed in piles on the table so they
can be easily distributed. It is advised that
q large table be placed in a shady spot not
far from the house. On each end OF this
should be pile Of plates, and on the left side
Of these plates the forks and spoons be laid.
A large tablespoon or ice cream knife may be
put across the table in front of the pile Of
plates, and the ice cream should be placed in
front Of these plates. The cakes may be ar.
ranged on this table, Near the large table
should be a smaller one devoted entirely to
extra plates, dishes, spoons, forks, etc. This
will avoid crowding around the main table,
Close at hand ought to be another one for the
glasses and the bottles of mineral water. On
small table, little apart, should be every
thing necessary for dispensing tea, also small
cakes, waters, bread and butter, and here the
hostess sits. Small tables on which are coffee,
chocolate, more small cakes, waters, etc..
are close by the hostess, but presided over by
her friends
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
A HOspital in Teheran.

The Shah of Persia has authorized the
American missionaries to establish at Teheran
a hospital in which, without regard to ma
tionality or religion, all applicants for relief
may be received for treatment DR.. Tor
renee, physician to the mission, has been ap-
pointed director of the hospital, and an ap-
peal is made for means to place it upon
working basis. For immediate use $1,000 is
needed, and $40 900 will be necessary to COM
plete the establishment. AS mark of ap-
probation of DR.. Torrence's zeal and devo-
tion, applied gratuitously for many years in
the relief of distress, the shah has named him
Grand Officer of the Order OF the Lion and
Sun of Persia.-New York Tribune.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Esthetics.

Many people have a vague conception Of
the nearing of the word aesthetic" which
they would be at loss to explain. The term
was invented about the middle Of the last
century by Baumgarten, professor Of phil
osophy in the university Of Frankfort-on-the
Oder, to denote the science of the beautiful,
particularly Of art, as the most perfect mani
festation Of the beautiful. Baumgarten is
regarded by the a priori school of estbeticians
to be the founder of the philosophy Of art
The word aesthetics is from the Greek "ais-
thanomai" Il feel. Baumgarten used it to
denote all sensuous apprehension, indicating
not absolute knowledge Of things, but such as
is conditioned subjectively to the play of our
sensibilities The term is not thus strictly
confined to the limits Of the beautiful, though
in fact we use it in this partial Specification.
Baumgarten regarded beauty the result of
the highest and purest aesthetic perception, to
the realization Of which the finer portion Of
our nature aspires, and to trace which through
the whole sphere of art was the work Of
aesthetic philosophy.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Three Old Towns.

The Oldest town in the United States is st.
Augustine, the Spaniards having built fort
there in 1885, They were long while about
it, but when it was finished It was ilfie work
for the time. It is now Fort Marion, and
garrisoned by United States troops.
jamestown, Va, comes next on the list,
having been settled in 1907 by the English,
but Jamestown is not now in existence It
was situated within the present limits Of
James City, Va, OIL point of land project
ing from the north bank Of the James river,
thirty two miles above its mouth. The ell
croachments OF the river have made it an
island. and portion Of the site has been
swept away. A part Of an old church tower
and some tombstones about lit are the only
relics remaining.
Albany is the third Oldest city in the coun-
try and the oldest of any Importance 1t
was founded in 1923 by the Dutch, and named
in 1864 for the Duke Of York and Albany 1t
was originally surrounded by stockade.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
An industrious Hen.

hen, half black Spanish and half game
has been doing land Office business in Rolla
Mo. She laid her first egg on the 10th day Of
May, 1856, and has continued to lay an egg
every day since. She went to setting as soon
as she laid her first egg, and is still on her
nest. She comes of every morning to get
water and food, and then goes back. She has
hatched one egg day except tho first three
weeks of her career. She has now been lay.
ing one year, and is the mother and hatcher Of
344 chickens, one half pullets and the other
half roosters, and she still looks well-New
Y0rk Sun
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
A Hint to Smokers.

Says man who is himself great smoker:
"What can men be thinking Of who fight
cigars or cigarettes, not only on the elevated
stations, but sometimes before they get OF
the cars. They surely forget that they are
making themselves offensive to any ladies
who may be present, not to speak OF men.
Such lack of consideration on the part Of pre-
sumably we'll bred men is incomprehensible
to me, and makes me almost determine to
give up smoking, much as enjoy it: Tor it
looks US though the habit Of smoking tended
to make men Indifferent to tho rights OF
others f."
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Incivility to q Dude.

A Pullman conductor on the Delaware and
Lackawanna road had an, experience some
time ago that he will rot soon forget. Com
ing out Of the depot at Elmira be was con-
fronted by dude with an eyeglass and big
cane, who said: Jaw, going to Buffalo to-
nights' "Bet your life we are, ;" answered the
conductor rather brusquely, as he husxied to
his car When he got to New York be was
suspended for ten days for incivility to passen-
gers. The dude was spotter.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
BufYalo Bill in London.

Although Mr.. Cody has not been in Lon
don over a month he is today as we'll known
to the masses OF this great city of 5000, 900
as is the queen. You could not pick up in
the most obscure quarter of London any ono
so ignorant as not to know who and what lie
is His name is on every wall. His picture
is in nearly every window. The wonder Of
this lies in the fact that the London public is
strangely dull and unimaginative. The peo-
pie of one quarter are often as ignorant Of a
neighborhood within stones throw Of them
as If it were in Central Africa. You find
constantly the proof OF this in inquiring your
way about town. The policemen never know
where particular streets or buildings outside
Of their beats are located.
An Englishman who has lived in London
for quarter of century tells me that no
one but an American would think of asking
a London policeman for anything in the way
Of information. London policemen are often
placed on guard in front Of English officials
houses where they are absolutely ignorant Of
the name Of tho occupant. 1t is a genuine
and not an affected ignorance. have asked
higher police officials about this and they say
that the men very often do not know and do
not care. saw some twenty policemen
guarding one day the house Of the prime
minister. l asked several of tho men on
guard if they knew whose house they were
guarding. They all replied in the most cour-
teous negative Finally, one of them re-
ferred me to ali older constable who had been
on the beat in that neighborhood for some
years, and he was able to give me the infor-
nation. Imagine a set Of New York police
men guarding any prominent officials house
in New York without their knowing just
what they were doing, and particularly if it
were the house Of the chief officer Of our gov.
ernment.-T. c. Crawford in New York
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17

W. d. HOyt & Co., wholesale and retail
druggists of Rome, Ga, say: eve have
Been selling DR.. Kings New Discovery,
Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve
for two years. Have never handled RENE
dies that sell as well or give such universal
satisfaction. There have been some WON
derful cures effected by these medicines in
this city. Several cases of pronounced con-
sumption have been entirely cured by the
use OF a few bottles OF Dr. Kings New Dis
coyery taken in connection with Electric
Bitters. We guarantee them always. Sold at
II. G. DAYS Drug Store.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
PHYSIOLOGY AND HYGIENE.
Opinions From Well Known Authorities
On SeusOnabIo subjects.

Opinions From Well Known Authorities
On Seasonablo subjects.
A very large number Of adults form the
habit OF sleeping h one particular position,
such as lying upon their right or left side. A
smaller number sleep upon the back. Some
sleep with the head greatly extended; more
often 1t Is considerably flexed upon the trunk.
Many must have the head greatly elevated;
others can only sleep with the head very low.
According to The Medical Record 1t has yet
to be determined whether any particular
harm can come from sleeping In certain
position which the individual unconsciously
assumes. A popular belief exists to the effect
that the liver, being heavy organ, tends to
press upon the other abdominal viscera when
u person lies on the left side. At any rate,
more persons, probably, sleep on the right
side than on the left as experience and Noso-
vitch's statistics show.
DR.. G.. Nosovitch believes also that tho
posture In sleep influences the extension OF
bronchitis. He found, for example, that in
235 cases, all Of whom had this disorder, In
ninety-seven 1t was left sided, in seventy-two
right sided and In sixty six on both sides. He
thinks that the preponderance Of bronchitis
on the left side was due to the fact that there
was a greater expansion Of this side during
sleep and consequently a greater ingress Of
cold air, or of the morbiHc particles causing
the disease
A recent writer has argued strongly for the
view that the head should be lower than the
feet during sleep, and he claims that more
perfect health and greater longevity will re-
suit from such approximate topsyturviness.
The contrary position, with the head and
trunk considerably raised sometimes relieves
cramps in the legs. It is well known that
some chronic nervous affections, particularly
nocturnal epilepsy, and some forms of in
somnia, are sometimes benefited by sleeping
partially erect.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
BrOmine for wv Poisoning.

Many people who are susceptible to poison
ing from handling the poison oak or poison
ivy vine find relief by applying externally a
weak solution of table salt or cool
solution of sugar Of lead. Bromine, how
ever, is claimed to be specific, and a
correspondent in Science News says that for
use it may be dissolved in either olive oil, cos
moline or gycerine-ten to twenty drops Of
bromine to an ounce Of oil-and should be
applied to the affected parts three or four
times daily AMI especially upon retiring. A
new solution is required every twenty -four
hours on account of the volatility of the bro
mine.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
A Snail'A Pace.

A snai's pace need not be used any longer
as term more or less indefinite. By an in
teresting experiment. at the Polytechnic the
other day it was ascertained exactly and re-
duced to figures, which may now be quoted
by persons who favor the use of exact terms.
A half dozen Of the mollusks were permitted
to crawl between two points ten feet apart,
and the average pace was ascertained. From
this it was easy enough to calculate that one
snail can crawl a mile in just fourteen days.
-Terre Haute Express.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
The Chinese Version.

The Chinese version Of Solomon's Judg-
ment is that when the case of two mothers
and one child came before a wise mandarin
he handed the matter over to his wife for de-
cision. She ordered that the child's clothes
should secretly be put OH fish, which, thus
disguised, should be thrown into the river.
This was done, and the woman who ran
into the water to save the child was
declared to be the mother Brooklyn Eagle.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Statistics Of the Churches,

The Independent says that statistics show
that the churches Of the United States have
communicates as follows: Methodist Epis-
copal, SIG; Roman Catholic, 1900, 900;
Episcopal. $50. ISL; Moravian, 1O,GS6; Baptist,
1853, OO7: Congregationalist, 4S6,379; Chris
tian Union, 10000; Friend, 1c5,OOO; Ad-
ventist, 97,711; Methodist, 1880; Presby-
terian, 1,Osa, 1856: Lutheran, 3O,s3O; Re-
formed. a59,974; German Evangelical, 49,
600; Mennonites, $4,000; Church Of God,
45OOO
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Diet for Athletes.

A less restricted diet in athletic training is
being favored in England, and, instead of the
large proportion Of meat formerly rigidly in
sisted on, Psychologists now consider variety
of food essential to the best results The
Cambridge boat crew, in training for the
race with Oxford, were this year permitted
to eat fish, buildings and dessert, though still
forbidden sugar with pastry .-Arkansaw
Traveller
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Education and Health In Women.

uuc"UAoh "hu "oaith III women
Among interesting facts bearing on the
subject Of college education for women, Dr.
Lucy M. Hall records in Popular Science
Monthly the following: Seeing daily, as do,
young women in college in far better health
than young women in society, or living in
pampered idleness at home; seeing them
healthier as seniors than they were as fresh
men; knowing that my records tell me they
average smaller number of excuses because
Of illness than do those of the mems colleges
with which I am able to compare data, and
knowing from statistical evidence that women
college graduates enjoy sum total of 20 per
cent. better health than the average woman,
how can conclude otherwise than that col.
lege work. per Sc, is not injurious to health
or incompatible with the best good Of the sex
and the racea
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Historic Words,

u am not worth buying, but such as am,
the king of England is not rich enough to bug
me-"
These words were spoken by Gen. Joseph
Reed of Pennsylvania, in ITO. King George
III offered Gen. Reed $4,000 and the most
valuable office in America, if he would make
an effort to bring about a reconciliation be-
tween Great Britain and her rebellious
colonies.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Two Million Circulation.

"The Publishers Bulletin" new weekly
just started in this city, says that DR.. Talmage
will soon begin to write a weekly syndicate
letter for number of newspapers. His SER
mons are already published by large syndi-
cate of newspapers, and are said to have
circulation of 2,O0O, 900 week.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
LabOrs of n Prince.

Prince Abraham Hllmy has nearly COM
pleted his historical work on Egypt, which
will contain long articles on the Soudan and
the Pyramids. He will next devote himself
to unraveling the mysterious connection be-
tween masonic rites" and the early Egyptian
ceremonials Budget.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
H. Rider Haggard,s Books,

Mr.. II. Rider Haggards list OF books which,
he says, have influenced him in his career as
an author consists Of "Robinson Crusoc, !"
1.-THE Arabian Nights" "The Three Mus
keteers," Poe, Macaulay, etc., etc. His ia
vorite novels are Dickens "The Tale Of Two
Cities" and Lytton's 1.-THE Coming Race. +"
His favoritc book in the Bible is Ecclesiastes.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Eclinso of the Sun.

The total eclipse Of the sun OH Aug. 10
will be visible all over Russia from the Baltic
to eastern Siberia. Astronomers from the
United States, England, Russia Germany,
Italy and France are arranging to observe
the phenomenon from at least five different
stations. -Arkansaw Traveller.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
One Meal per Day.

An inventor in Auburn, Me-, who says that
he has worked $50 days of ten hours eacn In
the last two years, and very few of them on
Sundays, attributes his endurance largely 70
the fact that he eats but one meal in twenty
four hours, and that very simple.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
A Happy Partisan Custom.

II an engagement makes a very early de-
parture from dinner par ty or other enter
tainment imperative, q guest will mention
the fact to the hostess beforehand, and make
his departure without leave taking and unob-
served if possible. Quiet Withdrawals that
do not suggest the departure of others are
one Of many pleasant customs taken from
Partisan formalitiea
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Unwholesome Milk,

The practice Of putting milk warm from
the cow directly into tight cans and subject
ing it to warm atmosphere is reprehended
by a medical authority. Poisonous proper
ties sufficient to cause unpleasant symptoms
are said to be liable to arise from so doing
Cool the milk before canning, and keep at
cool temperature afterward.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1887-06-17
Is IL Correct?

Can one say correctly, "There are number
Of grammatical errors in the bookp BY no
means. If the errors spoken .of were gram
NAUTICAL, they would not be errors in gram
NAUTICAL construction, which is meant.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19
Why Brooks Omit.

The Portland Oregonian tells why
Brooks quit. Brooks was evidently mex
perienced and puuctilious:
Out in the west end there is a whist
club composed of middle aged ladies and
gentlemen, who meet once a week. An
incident occurred last week which broke
off amicable relations between two fami-
lies. Mr.. Brooks had for a partner a
neighbor lady, who played whist fairly
for a woman. Games were even and the
came. 1t was during the last hand that
the uupleasantness occurred. Mr..
Brooks and his partner had five tricks
and their opponents six. Eleven
trumps had been played, and two
cards remained. 1t was Mr..
Brooks partners lead. She tumbled
nervously several seconds, undecided
which card to play. Evidently she held
the commanding trump, and was consid-
ering whether il she led the trump she
would fl nd the thirteenth in her partners
hand, and whether it were not better to
lead the odd suit card, allowing her part
ner's trump, If he held it, to fall, thus Sc
curing the game. Under these circum-
stances, il they existed, good player
might be forgiven for slight delay, but
after fumbling several seconds longer the
lady laid both cards face down on the
table and inquired Of the lady on her
right:
maggie, where did you get those eggs
thatyou put under the speckled hen ?"
Mr.. Brooks left the table, rushed to the
hall, and quilted the house without the
fOrmality of saying goodnight
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19
Local Personal.

Col. j. n. Estill has been appointed a
Jury Commissioner Of the United States
District for the eastern division OF this
district.
Hon. W. S. Chisholm, Vice President of
the Savannah, Florida and Western rail-
way, and Mrs. Chisholm and their son
aud daughter and Miss Gordon, the
daughter of Gov. Gordon, and Mr.. Ran
dolph Anderson and his sister, MISS An
dersOn, left yesterday for Havana via
Tampa,
Judge Emory Speer, of the United
States District Court, has been Invited to
4, at the commencement OF the Wesleyan
Female College, Macon. He has been
invited also to deliver the annual address
before the literary societies of Mercer
University on June %.
Among the arrivals at the Pulaski
House yesterday were Rev r G Houghton,
Miss Il Houghton, New York; Z Potts
and wife, Boston, Mass; w II Shipper and
wife, Morristown, N j; George l. Appleton
and wife, Bryan county; VIM Z Upter-
gore and wife, Brooklyn; w H Shelf and
II Bowies and daughter, Mrs ID Thomas,
S ii Lemon, James e Taylor, Philadel-
phia; Jacob s Martin and wife, Provi-
denoe. Il /; j w Byers and wife, Kansas
City, Mo; VIM FL Blackiord, Baltimore.
At the Screven House were c G At
lanta, Atlanta; A g Stewart, Case.
Z Detmold and wife, New York; VIM
Johnston, Charlotte; Geo b Nichols, Bos-
ton; A z Brantley, Blacksheer; l. E
Schultz, New York; Rev Job Turner.
Staunton; d w Wake. Baltimore; Il
Dunlap, Washington; II Kershaw, Balti-
more; y Johnston, New YORK; John A
Gee, Richmond; G W Arnold, Albany, C
G Bixby, Boston.
AT the Marshall House were w p
Smith, B Hawlet, New York; John +
Powell, 5 McLapmam, W Parker, G. NJ
Sheare, GresstaE; p Swindell Mrs
George + Armstrong, A Pridger, Jesup;
+ NJ Funder, Nashville, Tenn; j Shuck,
Knoxville; Jacob q Neapie, Miss NJ NJ
Hall, Miss Ella p Hall, Mrs q l. Hall,
Philadelphia.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-19
COLORED.


From tho Baltimore U1deracritcT Of March 5.
1887.
The Maryland Lite commences the year
with increased assets, increased surplus,
and largely improved business. The NOR
tally ratio of the past year was lower
than that of any other life company, be-
Ing 40 per cent. below the expected or
calculated mortality.
The company is gradually extending
the sphere OF It's operations throughout
the South, 1t has recently established
agencies in the States of North Carolina
and Alabama, from which the best results
are confidently anticipated.
For twenty-five years this company
has met every obligation without DELAY,
litigation, deduction or compromise. 1t
has never had a suit with a policy holder;
mas never allowed a technical objection
to interfere with the promptitude OF its
payments, and has always spared beneti-
Charles as Tar as possible any trouble or
inconvenience in the settlement of their
claims. Since Its organization it has paid
for death claims and return premiums
Sl,500,000, at the rate of 100 cents on
every 81.
The proverbial disposition of the exec.
utive officers of the Maryland Life to
avoid compromise and litigation, it might
De LuOuRuIs WOuiu I3du I'd ABUSE Oh the
liberal spirit they have always shown,
and also to some of the attempted frauds,
which, from time to time, are recorded in
our columns. So far, however. they have
happily escaped the necessity OF resisting
conspiracies to rob the funds of their
pOlicyholders, and they are to be con-
graduated upon their exemption.
A list of the securities in which the &C.
cumulations of the company are invested
will be found in another column. This
list will repay attentive perusal, and the
reader will notice not only the safe and
solid character of these securities, but the
very satisfactory average rate of the in
terest which they yield.
When to these considerations are added
the high character and standing in the
community of the officers and directors,
the care with which It's business is con-
Quoted, the liberal terms and conditions
of its policies, and the readiness of its
managers to make every reasonable con-
cession to the policyholders, the claims OF
the Maryland Life upon the insuring pub
lie will be apparent.